Kyra cried into Sam as Brock paced the waiting room. Ali had yet to arrive and William was in the doctor's care. His live truly was in the doctor's hands. Kyra felt like it was her fault, no matter how many times she was told it wasn't. I had been nearly three hours since they arrived at the hospital, and a doctor finally walked out to see them.
"Are you all Williams friends?" he asked.
"Is he alright," Brock blurted out.
"He is stable for the time being," the doctor told them. "He will be transferred to Ninjago City within the hour for further treatment. Do you three have anyone to stay with?"
"What do you mean by that?" Sam asked.
"His mother is going to Ninjago City as we speak and the documents say you live with her," the doctor explained. "I was referring to a parent to pick you up and care for you."
"We could go to my place," Brock said. "Mom and Dad would be fine with it."
"Alright, would you like to call them?" the doctor asked.
Brock nodded, following the doctor out of the room. Sam stayed with Kyra, who had finally calmed herself down. Sam did everything to comfort her as they sat in silence. Brock came back into see them.
"Mom will be here to get us in a couple minutes," Brock told them.
Sam nodded. He pulled Kyra to her feet and walked with her towards the exit.
"We have a contact and will keep everyone up to date on William," the doctor said.
Sam and Brock nodded as they lead Kyra outside. She looked up as a car pulled up next to them.
Kyra woke up, sitting in her bed and staring at the ceiling. When she finally sat up, she could see Celia sleeping on the air mattress. The new semester started today. New courses. More friends. No William. They had reviewed word that night that he was safe in Ninjago City with Ali and Ella, but still in the hospital. Kyra carefully climbed out of bed, avoiding knocking her arm. She made her way down to the kitchen, seeing Cole up and making breakfast.
"Good morning, Kyra," he said.
"What's for breakfast?" Kyra asked.
"I'm starting some pancakes," Cole told her. "Will you be ready for school today?"
"Yeah," Kyra sighed.
Cole noticed the sadness in her voice. He kneeled before her, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"I know everything right now is not only complicated, but upsetting and scary," he said softly. "I called the school yesterday, letting them know that someone is still after you. They know you're coming back and will have everyone on high alert."
"Not only that," Celia added, walking into the kitchen, "but you will always have either Brock or myself in your class with you at all times. We won't let anything happen to you."
Kyra nodded. Celia pulled her into a hug, being careful of her hurt arm.
"Why don't you two go wake the boys?" Cole asked.
Kyra and Celia nodded, turning and running towards the stairs. They ran to the second floor of the house, to Brock's room where he and Sam slept. Celia motioned for Kyra to remain silent. Kyra nodded, smirking as Celia snuck towards Brock's bed. She moved to the side and grabbed his blanket, which he was curled up in. With a large smirk on her face, she pulled it towards her, pulling Brock with it and onto the floor. Brock woke as he toppled off the bed, yelping and landing with a satisfying thud on the floor. Sam jumped in his bed, looking around as he sat up quickly.
"You two are so going to get it later," Brock growled.
Sam shook his head, chuckling. Kyra and Celia high fived, laughing as Brock picked himself up off the floor. Sam got up and stretched.
"Dad should have food ready in a few minutes," Celia said cheerily. "Get dressed."
Brock grumbled, rolling his eyes as he moved over to his dresser. Celia frowned, using her ghost powers to move beside him.
"Grouchy pants," she called to him.
Brock jumped, dropping his shirt.
"Would you get out!" Brock cried.
Celia shrugged and disappeared. Kyra smiled and walked out of the room to get herself dressed. She went into her now shared room with Celia, seeing she wasn't in there. Kyra shrugged and picked out a pair of jeans, a red t-shirt and a light grey hoody. She changed out her pj's and quickly made her way downstairs to have breakfast. She noticed Dash was up but Cole was nowhere to be seen. Dash packed four lunch-bags for the kids while Brock and Sam were eating pancakes.
"Dad had to run off to work," Brock told her.
Kyra nodded and sat beside him. She took a couple pancakes and the syrup, eating her breakfast.
"The new semester starts today," Sam said. "Are you two ready?"
"Pumped!" Brock cheered.
"I guess," Kyra shrugged.
"You'll be Ok," Brock told her soothingly.
"It's not that," Kyra sighed. "I just wish I could start the new semester with Jason and William."
"Where is Jason?" Dash asked as she sat with the kids to eat.
"We don't know," Brock sighed.
"We're suspicious that the killer has him," Sam said. "We don't even know if he's still alive or not."
Kyra flinched, holding back tears. Brock pulled her into a hug, rubbing her back.
"You'll be fine," Brock said. "We'll all make it out of this."
Kyra nodded. They ate the rest of the meal in silence before packing their bags and leaving for school. Brock's family lived on the other side of Jamanikai, so they ended up riding the city bus to the school. Kyra was anxious the whole time, watching everyone closely. Brock and Sam sat on either side of her, making her feel more protected while Celia sat across from them.
"How much longer?" Kyra asked quietly.
"About two minutes," Celia told them.
"You're fine, Kyra," Brock said softly.
Kyra nodded, cuddling into him. Brock wrapped an arm around her, pulling her close.
"Mom with pick us up and bring us home," Brock said. "Then Dad will be driving us for the rest of the week."
Kyra nodded, looking up as Teana and Sage got on the bus.
"Kyra!" they both cried.
Kyra looked up, a smile forming on her face as Teana hugged her.
"How are you feeling?" Teana asked as Sam moved over to allow her to sit beside Kyra.
"Better than I have been," Kyra replied.
She looked up as Sam and Sage sat with Celia opposite them. She turned back to see the school up ahead of them.
"You guys got on the bus from where?" Sage asked.
"Brock's house," Sam replied. "We're staying there for the time being."
"Where are Will and Jason?" Teana asked.
Kyra flinched. Teana noticed and took back to questioned, understanding something bad had happened to them and no one wanted to discuss it. The bus stopped outside the school and they all got off. They went to their lockers, Teana staying with Kyra the whole time.
"So, what classes do you have now?" Teana asked.
"English, geography, science then I'm suppose to have gym, so I don't know how that's going to work," Kyra shrugged.
"So we'll be classroom buddies," Teana smiled. "I have those exact classes."
"Really!" Kyra cheered.
Brock came over to join them and they walked towards the english room.